RIP Tupac

So I was driving to the store earlier today, indulging in one of my guilty pleasures - listening to rap music. Well, if you can call what's been made since the late 90's "rap."

"Get Buck in Here," which features like five "artists," has been a pretty popular hit since its debut in 2007.

This lyric made me stop and think, what the fuck?

And Im'a get buck in here!,
Damn lil' momma you know you fit my standards,
You the type to make me grip that handle,
Lick shots in the air, bustin' that random,
While you make it clap clap clap clap clap...

That ass has to be pretty good if it makes Akon want to "grip that handle," and fire random shots in the air. Since when is that a reasonable option when seeing a pretty girl? Oh, wait, never mind. I think I'll try this next time I head to the club and I see some honey with the Apple Bottom jeans and the boots with the fur.

And then I hear songs from Nas and Tupac. It's not fair comparing them to the verbal landfill of Lil' Jon, Lil' Wayne, Lil' Scrappy and anyone who refers to themselves by a size. Putting any of the current chart-toppers against "If I Ruled the World," "Thugs Mansion" or Changes would just be skewing the point.

So that's why I rejoiced when I saw this piece of "social satire," as the video's description says. Really, how many of today's rappers really sound like they've read a book? Most of them can't take care of their kids, stop buying spinning rims, and generally making the terrorists hate us. Being stupid is the new black, it seems like. Take Kanye West, who makes such a big deal about having the balls to drop out of college. What kind of message is that sending to high school kids? Why couldn't Kanye just sack up and finish?

I just wish he'd pick one route and stick to it. Is he going to rap about "money, hoes, and rent," or actually sound somewhat enlightened?

From Never Let Me Down, on his debut College Dropout album:

I get down for my grandfather who took my momma
Made her sit that seat where white folks ain't wanna us to eat
At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit in
With that in my blood I was born to be different
Now niggas can't make it to ballots to choose leadership
But we can make it to Jacob and to the dealership

The world really could use a new Tupac album. Do you agree?